Zholdosh's Letter

The corner shop and the phone

A QR code from the bank is now taped to every shop counter in Talas. What it changes for the woman behind the counter.

First, less change. She used to keep a box of small notes from the bank every Monday. Now half the payments are exact. Second, fewer "I'll pay you tomorrow" debts, which she misses a little: the debts kept customers coming back. Third, she now knows exactly how much she sells per day, because the phone tells her. She did not want to know. Now she can't stop looking.